Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1698-1825
Curator: Justin Howes Collection (1963-2005)
Dimensions:
195 × 160 mm (19.5 × 16 cm)
225 × 185 mm (22.5 × 18.5 cm)
115 × 185 mm (11.5 × 18.5 cm)
200 × 280 mm (20 × 28 cm)
200 × 260 mm (20 × 26 cm)
200 × 260 mm (20 × 26 cm)
Medium: printed paper
Object number: P.2016.84.M.1-6
Descriptionseries of engravings of type casters:
.1 -Der Schriftgiesser, copper engraing by Christoph Weigel (1654-1725). From: 'Abbildung und Beschreibung der Gemeinützlichen Haupstände', Regnesburg, 1698.
.2 -Schriftgießer from: Schauplatz der Natur und Künste, Vienna, 1774.
.3 -Der Schriftgiesser, a coloured engraving from 1825.
.4 -Type Founder from: Book of Trades, Philadelphia, 1807.
.5-6 A true & exact representation of the art of crafting & preparing letters for printing (showing Caslon's letter foundry in 1750)
.1 -Der Schriftgiesser, copper engraing by Christoph Weigel (1654-1725). From: 'Abbildung und Beschreibung der Gemeinützlichen Haupstände', Regnesburg, 1698.
.2 -Schriftgießer from: Schauplatz der Natur und Künste, Vienna, 1774.
.3 -Der Schriftgiesser, a coloured engraving from 1825.
.4 -Type Founder from: Book of Trades, Philadelphia, 1807.
.5-6 A true & exact representation of the art of crafting & preparing letters for printing (showing Caslon's letter foundry in 1750)
